D.O.P.-T. (yesterday)

[weofodthignen]

Tremendous cheeping from someone's ornamental tree: a horde of tiny finches behaving like locusts

Comments

[elainegrey]

Is it possible they were Cedar Waxwings? Their flocking behavior is significantly more noteworthy than finches.

[weofodthignen]

I am terribly ignorant about the birds hereabouts - most of the species are unfamiliar to me. But yes it's possible - the bird book I just got out of the library says cedar waxwings are 7.5 cm, which seems a tad big but is still really small.

I wish you could see puca's entries with photos of baby cedar waxwings. When he isn't being an utter curmudgeon he posts lovely stuff about living in the Canadian Rockies.

M